Category: ENTERTAINMENT

Akshay Kumar has become synonyms with box office success, but the actor says he doesn’t take his brand “seriously” and believes in surrendering to the director’s vision.The actor, who has proved his commercial viability in action, comedy and social dramas, said there is no trick or method to his success as he learnt everything from life experiences.”I did not go to any acting school, I did not learn anything. I learnt things from my own experiences. So there was no method used as such. I don’t take myself seriously I…

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The European Union has called on India and Pakistan to avoid escalation of tension over the Kashmir issue and resume bilateral dialogue for a peaceful and political solution to the matter, after the Indian government revoked Jammu and Kashmir’s special status.Reacting sharply to India’s move to abrogate Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir to bring it in line with the rest of the country, Pakistan downgraded diplomatic ties with New Delhi and expelled the Indian envoy.Pakistan has been trying to internationalise the Kashmir issue but India has asserted that the…

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Mumbai, Oct 28 (DINN) Rajit Kapur is among those rarer actors who have played Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on screen and feels the key to play such diverse range of personalities is to find their core and bring it alive. In Shyam Benegal’s 1996 drama, “The Making of the Mahatma”, Rajit played the titular role and more than two decades later, played PM Modi in this year’s blockbuster “Uri- The Surgical Strike”. The actor also stepped in the role of Nehru in this year’s “The…

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Los Angeles, Oct 28 (DINN) Music legend Elton John had to cancel his Indianapolis concert due to illness. The veteran singer was set to perform at Bankers Life Fieldhouse as part of his Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour on Saturday. In a statement posted on his official Twitter account, John said he is “extremely unwell” and apologised to his fans for letting them down. “It is with the heaviest heart that I’m forced to deliver the news that I am extremely unwell and therefore unable to perform at Bankers Life…

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Shah Rukh Khan has always counted his blessings and the Bollywood superstar wants people to have faith in the power of dreams, just as he did.The 53-year-old Delhi-born actor was all nostalgic in his city. He was here for the closing ceremony of the city’s iconic cinema complex, PVR Anupam. India’s first multiplex, PVR Anupam closed for renovation on Thursday night.”Some of the things that you don’t think about will happen to you and they are the best things of life. You just don’t know it yet. I don’t want…

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When Boman Irani’s Dr Asthana laughed incessantly in “Munnabhai MBBS”, the audience instantly knew it was the character’s defence mechanism and the moment his Virus dropped the egg in “3 Idiots”, viewers got the message about the cut-throat world.Irani has a number of such memorable characters in both blockbuster and critically-acclaimed films to his credit, but he says there was a time when people frowned upon him for “doing homework” and “intellectualising stuff” on the sets.The actor, who was first noticed in 2003’s “Munnabhai MBBS”, says he enjoys the process…

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Veteran actor Anupam Kher says his 501st film “Hotel Mumbai” celebrates real-life heroes and taught him to value humanity.In the Anthony Maras-directed movie, Kher features in the role of Hemant Oberoi, the celebrated chef of the hotel who was instrumental in saving the lives of many stuck in the Taj Hotel on the night of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks in 2008.The movie, based on the 2009 documentary “Surviving Mumbai”, also stars Indian-British actor Dev Patel.”The film celebrates the real-life heroes and how they were able to discover their own courage.…

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Bollywood couple Genelia and Riteish Deshmukh along with their family cast their votes at a polling booth in Latur on Monday and urged every voter to exercise their democratic right. “I think everyone, along with their friends and families should go on and vote. My two brothers are contesting and I have campaigned for both but I believe they will win based on the work done by them,” Riteish Deshmukh told ANI here. Amit and Dhiraj, brothers of the actor, are contesting in the Maharashtra election for the Congress party.…

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Robert Pattinson says he does not have a penchant for taking up the parts of a hero or a good guy and he believes the superhero character Batman is also not one of them. In a wide-ranging interview with The New York Times, Pattinson said it is his belief that an actor takes up a good guy role only if he is “ashamed” of his real life. “I’ve always thought that the only reason you’d want to play a good guy all the time is because you’re desperately ashamed of…

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